In Six or Less #67 Welf Crozzo DanMachi DND Builds

Welf Crozzo, known as Ignis, is an adventurer and personal smith for the Hestia Familia. Originally of the Hephaestus familia, Welf became the personal smith for Bell once the two met in person. The two of the became fast friends though Liliruca took some time to warm up to him.

He is a fierce fighter, exceptional blacksmith, crafter of powerful magical swords, and tenacious member of the Hestia Familia. Welf still holds Hephaestus in high regard, seeking to prove himself one of the most capable smiths in all of Orario. This build of Welf is him right after he crafts an unbreakable magic sword during the Hestia Familia’s expedition of the Great Falls level of the dungeon.

Welf Crozzo Stats

Str 13 Dex 12 Con 13 Int 10 Wis 12 Cha 14 (27-point buy)

Str 13 Dex 12 Con 13 Int 12 Wis 13 Cha 16 (after racial and feat mod)

Class Cleric 1 (ForgeDomain)/Warlock 5 (The Hexblade)

The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:

1. Will o’ Wisp Magic Style.
2. Crozzo Blooded Armorer.
3. Fiery Greatsword Slasher.

Background

For Background, I chose Guild Artisan/Guild Merchant. He gains the Skills of Insight, Persuasion, and Tool Proficiencies: Leatherworker’s Tools, Draconic, and the Background Feature of Guild Membership.

Race

For Race, I chose Fire Genasi though Variant Human could also work as well. With this race he gains + 2 Cha and +1 to Wis, Size: Medium, 30 ft speed, Darkvision, Fire Resistance, and Reach to the Blaze: Charisma.

Class

Welf’s class breakdown is a combination of two classes, Cleric 1(Forge Domain)/Warlock 5(The Hexblade). It is with these classes that Welf gains access to magic weapons and armor creation, strong spellcasting abilities that enhance his fighting prowess or shut down spells from enemies, and features that strengthen his martial abilities and unleash heavy damage with his chosen great weapon fighting style. This combination of classes and feats is the best attempt to consolidate his abilities and talents at this level.

Cleric 1 is the starting class for Welf Crozzo. This gives him the skills of History and Religion, Spellcasting, Domain Spells of Identity and Searing Smite, Bonus Proficiencies of Heavy Armor and Smith’s Tools, and Blessing of the Forge. Blessing of the Forge is where Welf gains his Crozzo Blood talent. This gives him the ability to imbue armor or weapons with a magic bonus of +1.

Warlock 1 is where he picks up Otherworldly Patron: The Hexblade, Pact Magic, Expanded Spell List, Hexblade’s Curse, and Hex Warrior.

Warlock 2 grants him access to Eldritch Invocations: Repelling Blast and Agonizing Blast. Eventually, you will be shifting out Repelling Blast for Improved Pact Weapon at Warlock 3. He also gains the ability to cast Burning Hands

Warlock 3 is where he gains the feature Pact Boon: Pact of the Blade as well as changing out Repelling Blast for Improved Pact Weapon as well as 2^nd level spells. With these two features, Welf can now use his weapon as a spell focus for his Warlock spells while being able to impart a +1 to the damage and attack. This will free up his Blessing of the Forge to use for his party members.

Warlock 4 is the next step in Welf’s evolution as a fierce fighter with the feat: Great Weapon Master. With this feat, he gains the ability to make an extra weapon attack when he scores a critical hit or reduces a creature to 0 hit points. He also gets to levy his accuracy for extra damage by taking a -5 penalty to the attack for +10 damage. He also gains the ability to cast Flame Blade. This spell will act as one element of his indestructible magic sword Kazuki.

Warlock 5 is the final level for Welf with the extra Eldritch Invocation of Thirsting Blade and 3rd-level spells. With this Invocation, he can now attack twice whenever he takes the Attack action.

With full use of Welf’s powers, he can perform the following techniques via class features and abilities:

• Will-o-Wisp- Agonizing Blast + Hexblade’s Curse or Counter Spell
• Crozzo Blood- Blessings of the Forge feature + Smith’s Tools
• Veritas Burn- Reach to the Blaze + Fire Resistance + Searing Smite

This combination of feats, stats, and spells makes this DND build of Welf Crozzo a blacksmithing firebrand capable of empowering his familia with weapons of mass destruction or incinerating any foes that stand against him in Six levels or Less.

Spells

Fire Genasi

Produce Flame

Burning Hands

Flame Blade

Cleric

Cantrip

Mending

Resistance

Word of Radiance

1^st Level

Detect Magic

Identify

Searing Smite

Shield of Faith

Warlock

Cantrip

Create Bonfire

Eldritch Blast

Green-Flame Blade

1^st Level

Hellish Rebuke

2^nd Level

Branding Smite

Shatter

3^rd Level

Counterspell

Dispel Magic

Remove Curse

Equipment

Standard Cleric equipment with a Warhammer, Chain Mail Armor, Shield, and Smith’s Tools. Once you gain access to Pact of the Blade you can create the Greatsword that Welf tends to use. To create Kazuki you can either use his flame blade racial spell or create a Flame Tongue Greatsword.

Shout out to https://danmachi.fandom.com/wiki/DanMachi_Wiki and AniNews for their amazing information in making this amazing character as well as DNDBeyond for its character creation platform. I will be continuing to create members of the Hestia familiar. The next member is Yamato Mikoto the shadow, stealth fighter! Until later Tale-Tellers!

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